WorkManager Data.Builder does not support Parcelable

Question

When you have a big POJO with loads of variables (Booleans, Int, Strings) and you want to use the new Work Manager to start a job. You then create a Data file which gets added t

Answer 1

Accepted answer is correct. But new android developer can not understand easily, So thats why i given another answer with proper explanation.

My Requirement is pass Bitmap object. (You can pass as per your requirement)

Add dependency in your gradle file

Gradle:

dependencies {
  implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
}

Use below method for serialize and de-serialize object

 // Serialize a single object.
    public static String serializeToJson(Bitmap bmp) {
        Gson gson = new Gson();
        return gson.toJson(bmp);
    }

    // Deserialize to single object.
    public static Bitmap deserializeFromJson(String jsonString) {
        Gson gson = new Gson();
        return gson.fromJson(jsonString, Bitmap.class);
    }

Serialize object.

 String bitmapString = Helper.serializeToJson(bmp);

Pass to data object.

 Data.Builder builder = new Data.Builder();
 builder.putString("bmp, bitmapString);
 Data data = builder.build();
        OneTimeWorkRequest simpleRequest = new OneTimeWorkRequest.Builder(ExampleWorker.class)
                .setInputData(data)
                .build();
        WorkManager.getInstance().enqueue(simpleRequest);

Handle your object in your Worker class.

Data data = getInputData();
String bitmapString = data.getString(NOTIFICATION_BITMAP);
Bitmap bitmap = Helper.deserializeFromJson(bitmapString);

Now your bitmap object is ready in Worker class.

Above is example, how to pass object in your worker class.